I noticed that actor, Paul Bettany had starred in three films that suggested to me he might have been trying to tell us something about himself:
Creation – Bettany plays Darwin in a loving biopic
Legion - Action horror film in which Bettany plays a gun-toting angel that rejects God and saves humanity from God’s angels
The Da Vinci Code – Bettany plays the murderous albino monk, Silas.
Now I know I wasn’t being paranoid because here he finally tells us he’s an atheist.
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2010/0120-paul-bettany-creation.html
So…
In Da Vinci Code, he tells us Christianity is a false religion run by murderous hypocrites
In Legion, he tells us that God is a moral monster
In Creation, he tells us that thankfully that moral monster does not exist.
So he’s not just an atheist, but an evangelical atheist.
But hey, it’s just entertainment right, and I’m wrong to read into this stuff…..!
Later this year, he’ll star as the title character in ‘Priest’, a horror film about a priest once again disobeying the church in order to go fight vampires. No doubt we’ll discover they forbid him to do it because the church is somehow responsible for the vamps in the first place…or something like that.
And here in this Vanity Fair article he reveals that his atheism is based on his rejection of Young Earth Creationism, revealing that despite his seeming fascination with Christianity, he is completely ignorant of the fact he is not tied down to a choice between a YEC exegesis and atheism. On the other hand, if his atheism is based solely on such ignorance, then perhaps there is hope for him yet.
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I saw Legion on Saturday. I found it a bit humorous.
Good reply, old son.
Bettany is one of the new breed who can’t tell the difference between Truth as per the Bible and Harry Potter, an atheistic cult. In my view he doesn’t like the idea of ‘ Thou shalt not’ in any form and we usually find that evincing itself in the characters of public figures like himself once there is a pot of money behind them. Lennon, Cruise, Pitt, and dozens more including females have all fallen into the same trap. Once you’re rich, you think you can call the shot… Wow!
Glad you tackled the issue and I look forward to seeing what becomes of your analysis.
God bless
W.E. Laing
I have often wondered what Michael might be like as a being. Paul made a perfect Michael. At the end it was good to see that he reconnected with God and showed mercy to another of his own kind. If you know much about the life of Moses, you find how God becomes disappointed in His people. Because of our weakness, that will never change. I pray for the day when Paul finds that he does have a need for God. Also, it is my wish that he study all resources to learn that there is more proof that there is a God than proof that there is no God.
Thank you Paul for the movie………Michael brought me even nearer to God..Idona